What kind of potatoes do you use for salans/curries/etc?
I never gave it much thought but last month I bought a bag of Idaho potatoes–first of all, they took FOREVER to cook…and secondly, they actually tasted kind of sweet..no matter how much mirch was in the salan..
I now realize there’s several kind of potatoes…idaho, brown, russet, sweet, red etc. what do you use?
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I like my Yukon Gold best.
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Idaho or Russet.
I never thought they are sweet or take too long to cook.
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I think this is going be very country specific 
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I use Yukon Gold potatoes for almost everything.
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pink ones are the best
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In the UK, we use baby potatoes.
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Yukon - best…
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baby potatoes for salan etc and i think its white potatoes for tikkis/aaloo paratha fillings etc .. have used others too .. some got mashed up in salan, some were too sweet for the filling - don’t remember names though!
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indeed as Potatoes are seasonal and usually harvested, depending on the variety and where in the country they are grown ..
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I find white ones develop a bitter aftertaste easily. Yukon gold retain the rich flavor for longer and complement pretty much any type of cuisine.
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got vivaldi baby potatoes today.. lets see how they turn out…
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Ok so I had to google Yukon potatoes, and it so turns out that’s what I am using and always have 
at the supermarket they had different bags of potatoes and it does tell you on the bag itself what that particular potato would best for so ie. baking, roasting, mashing etc
I go for the ones that says good for everything so it’s a versatile spud and it tastes nice in all dishes.
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Baby potatoes for salan
Maris Pipers or King Edwards for roasties/mash/homemade chips